You've been a member since 2022. You can do better than that.
Yes exactly. I am really surprised how pathetic Walmart looks honestly. Clearly not important to them.
If Amazon and other Auto parts stores can still get filters there is no excuse for Walmart!
Amazon can't get filters anymore made by Fram or Champion Labs either. The question is how much foresight did Walmart have that all the filters they got from Fram and Champion Labs would vaporize.
You can get some pretty good package deals at the auto stores, I wouldn't despair. I got a Microgard Select and 5 quarts of Valvoline Restore and Protect for $39 at O'Reilly's last month.
Other places have pre-existing contracts/relationships which suppliers would feel obligated to fullfil first. And I doubt if they would feel it profitable to work their factories overtime to give product to a cut-rate customer like Walmart.
First brands filed in September 2025 so what’s that 7 months? They should have seen this coming. I actually thought that was why they tried the M&H stuff a year ago. First brands bonds were being downgraded for more than a year before that.
Just because a company files for bankruptcy doesn't mean they will ultimately go out of business. First Brands was later found to be way too deep into financial shenanigans to pull themselves out of the fire and recover without burning down to ashes. Then the sale came along and that couldn't have been predicted by anyone how that would pan out and the timeline if someone did buy the Fram/Champ Labs divisions. Walmart wouldn't have any insight to exactly how their filing for bankruptcy would pan out. Walmart can just stock more of the other available filter brands (or even stock other available brands) and expand those brands applications if not done already until the dust settles to get a new supplier for at least their SuperTech house brand.
That’s exactly what my local Walmart filter section has looked like for the last couple months as well.
Shops have been receiving premium guard and purolator tech. I guess hope exists the premium guard will come to shelves for customer purchase.
Maybe but the writing is on the wall. They could continue - or not. Professional buyers know this and are supposed to have contingencies - even in the best of times. Its not about us, its a lost opportunity for Walmart - empty shelf space, disappointed customers. Thats what ultimately killed K-Mart, obviously at a larger scale.
